NOVEL NEXT Chapter 259-266
Chapter 259: Why Didn’t You Tell Me? (9)
The corners of Ji Yi’s lips curved into a cold smirk. “I say you’re brainless, but it’s true – you really are brainless! However, Qian Ge…”
As Ji Yi said this, she deliberately paused for a moment then leisurely continued to say, “…Without your manager around, if there really is a next time, would you be the one personally escorted out by the police?”
“Tsk tsk tsk…” Ji Yi sounded happy over this thought as though it could really happen. “…Come to think about it, that whole picture sounds awesome! By then, the internet would definitely go crazy over it and you’ll definitely be more popular than you are now…”
“Ji Yi, you’re the one who’s going to be caught by the police…” As those words blurted from Qian Ge’s mouth, her mind instantly thought back to the blade. The words from her mouth came to an abrupt stop.
She clearly didn’t ask anyone to put the blade in there. She always thought it was one of her own people who did it to vent some anger for her. She thought someone took initiative here, and she even had the urge to turn her head and ask them about it.
She never thought Ji Yi had anything to do with the blade. After all, she never thought that someone would ever gamble with their life like that… But she thought back to what Ji Yi said… getting into a lawsuit and that she was brainless…
At that thought, Qian Ge suddenly understood everything. She dropped down on the bed. “That blade… you put it there, didn’t you?”
“Congratulations, so you’re not all that stupid!” With a face full of praise and ridicule, Ji Yi stared at Qian Ge’s face.
So, I fell for Ji Yi’s ploy?
A blaze suddenly ignited in Qian Ge’s chest as though she was going to explode at any time. She stared at Ji Yi in exasperation and exclaimed, “You were the one who put the knife in there and framed me? I’m going to the police station to tell them the truth…”
As she said that, Qian Ge headed for the door.
Ji Yi let out a chuckle as though she just heard a hilarious joke. She waited for Qian Ge to walk up to her before she leisurely said, “Do you have any evidence?”
Qian Ge suddenly stopped walking.
“Do you think the police will believe you with just a few words? It’s normal for my fingerprints to be on my costume, but your people also left their fingerprints behind when they messed with it. If you run to the police and say that I put the blade there, not only would they not believe you, it might even make people think you’re so angry from being embarrassed that you’re trying to frame me!”
Ji Yi wanted Qian Ge to know that she was the one who put the blade in there. She set her up, so Qian Ge could feel the pain of being wrongly accused!
It was just as Ji Yi thought; when Qian Ge heard what she said, her face contorted oddly and her hands balled up into fists. She was so angry that her entire body started to shake!
Seeing Qian Ge like this, Ji Yi felt tinges of joy emerge in her heart. She stared coldly at Qian Ge and her tone of voice became incomparably stern. “I told you long ago; The you four years ago was defeated by me. The you four years later will also be defeated by me! You didn’t listen and insisted on fighting with me!”
“What happened today was just the start. Now that you’ve lost your manager, in the future, you’ll be losing your glory, your status, your future prospects, and your company!”
“Between the two of us is an inevitable battle! Even if one of these days you let me off, I won’t let you off!”
The more Ji Yi spoke, the quieter she was, the softer her tone of voice was, and the more serious she was with her message between the lines. “One of these days, I will make it so that you have nothing at all and grovel for forgiveness!”
Chapter 260: Why Didn’t You Tell Me? (10)
Qian Ge had seen a million different sides to Ji Yi, but she had never seen this side of her in this very moment.
A tinge of fear for her arrogance and overbearingness unexpectedly rose in her heart as she stared at Ji Yi unwaveringly for a long time. Yet she didn’t reply Ji Yi with a single word. In the end, all she did was stand on the spot for a short while then stomped her way towards the door, slightly embarrassed. But just as she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.
Confused, Ji Yi turned her head to look over and was just about to ask Qian Ge: Now, what do you want? when she saw Qian Ge stare at the wall in front of the door. Her lips moved as she said in astonishment, “He… Jichen?”
The words in Ji Yi’s mouth instantly froze.
He Jichen? He’s at the door? Is Qian Ge joking…
Before the final word “she” flashed across Ji Yi’s mind, she heard faint sounds from outside the door as though someone was getting up. A second later, He Jichen’s tall and slender frame appeared in her field of vision.
It was like Ji Yi instantly turned to stone as her entire body couldn’t move even if she tried. In fact, the blood coursing through her entire body stopped flowing.
After several seconds, Ji Yi’s mind slowly started to turn.
He Jichen’s really here. When did he come back? The door wasn’t closed since I was standing at the door… so, did he hear everything I said?
Then did he also learn that I was the one who put the blade in there?
What He Jichen hated most was when actors and actresses played mind games while filming. Not only would today’s events delay shooting by several days, most importantly, as soon as he discovered the blade, he stood up in front of everyone to help her resolve the situation.
In the end, he realized that she actually was the biggest mastermind behind it all…
A strong unsettled feeling boiled in Ji Yi’s heart as she discreetly took a deep breath. She suppressed the waves within her body before she secretly looked up at the two people standing at the door.
Qian Ge probably never imagined that there would be someone standing at the door, so after she blurted out He Jichen’s name, she was completely stunned.
He Jichen stood drearily in front of her. His injured hand was wrapped with some tissue which had some blood stains in the corner. He was carrying a large bag in his other hand with who knows what inside.
His neutral gaze fell on Ji Yi, and his deep, dark eyes, he looked unfazed; there wasn’t a hint of any emotion.
His dazzling eyes were as cold as usual which made it difficult for Ji Yi to know what he was thinking, let alone guess if he overheard her conversation with Qian Ge.
Compared to Ji Yi’s nervousness, after Qian Ge snapped back to her senses, she stared at He Jichen for a moment as her eyes lit up. Impatiently, she exclaimed, “Director He, did you just overhear our conversation? Did you hear she was the one who put the blade in her costume?”
He Jichen’s gaze locked onto Ji Yi as though he hadn’t heard a single thing Qian Ge said. He didn’t even look at her.
Ji Yi’s heart was rattled and her fingertips trembled under his gaze.
“Director He, I thought it was my manager who hurt Ji Yi, so I felt sorry and I deliberately came to apologize to her. Look, I bought her so many Chinese tonics. But in the end, she told me that she put the blade in there on purpose just to frame me! Director He…”
Chapter 261: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (1)
He Jichen finally reacted. Without so much as a glance at Qian Ge, he silently averted his eyes from Ji Yi’s face to the nutritional tonics that Qian Ge left on the ground.
Seeing as He Jichen heard and reacted to what she said, Qian Ge quickly said, “…Director He, my manager has been wrongly accused! You’re the director and the producer. For this to happen in your production team, you should step in and resolve the issue…”
It was unclear if He Jichen actually heard what Qian Ge said as he only stared straight at the nutritional tonics.
About a minute passed since the moment he entered Ji Yi’s sight. All of a sudden, he walked into the room.
As he brushed past Ji Yi, her fingers quivered and her heart became even more unsettled.
Why did he enter my room?
Qian Ge probably had the same question she did. Her chattering stopped for about a dozen seconds before she continued to say, “Ji Yi openly framed other people! It’s practically out of order! What’s more, for her to do this, she’s delaying production. No matter if it’s her character or work, Ji Yi is an unqualified actress…”
He Jichen was just as calm and composed as before while he digested what Qian Ge said. He casually put the big bag down on the counter, walked over and stopped in front of the nutritional tonics Qian Ge brought with her.
They’re just a bunch of normal nutritional tonics. Why’s he so transfixed by them?
Qian Ge paused what she was saying for a moment then quickly spoke up again, “…Director He, I need Ji Yi to explain herself and I also hope you can get justice for my manager!”
It was unclear which one of Qian Ge’s words caught He Jichen’s attention. However, after having not glanced at Qian Ge up till now, He Jichen suddenly turned around and looked blankly over at her.
He stared at Qian Ge for no more than a few short seconds when he withdrew his gaze and scanned the room with his eyes. He walked over to Ji Yi’s bedside table.
After he stopped in front of it, he picked up the hotel phone and put it to his ear as he pressed a button.
His gaze was emotionless and distant as usual, but his actions were so mysterious that Ji Yi couldn’t guess what he was thinking from his cryptic behavior. What’s more, she wasn’t sure if He Jichen heard the conversation she had with Qian Ge. Her anxious heart was a little flustered.
The phone was picked up after over ten seconds.
Because she was some distance away, Ji Yi could only vaguely hear that it was a woman on the other line.
After she said just a few words, He Jichen exclaimed, “Room 2006, please send an attendant up.”
Why’s he calling an attendant?
The doubt and suspicion in Ji Yi’s mind grew and before her thoughts settled, He Jichen put the phone down.
There was an office on every floor of the hotel, so an attendant in a hotel uniform rushed over not long after He Jichen hung up the phone. When she saw Ji Yi and Qian Ge standing at the door, her expression looked evidently stunned but she didn’t stop walking. She continued to take a few steps and stopped at the hotel door. Then she smiled at Ji Yi and said, “Miss, may I ask…”
Chapter 262: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (2)
Before the attendant could finish what she was saying, He Jichen cried, “It was me” from inside the room.
The attendant paused, turned her head, and looked over at He Jichen who was standing by the bed. A second later, she politely said, “Sir, is there something I can help you with?”
He Jichen’s gaze was locked onto Ji Yi as he was in no rush to reply to the attendant.
After some time passed, the attendant wondered if He Jichen heard what she said at all. Just as she was getting ready to politely repeat herself, He Jichen gently blinked and averted his gaze from Ji Yi to the attendant. Then he said in a dull voice, “Could you please take out the trash in the room?”
Every afternoon, the hotel sent housekeeping around to clean the rooms, but she didn’t have a lot of trash in her room… Ji Yi furrowed her brows and couldn’t help but turn her head to glance at He Jichen in astonishment.
The hotel attendant seemed just as confused as Ji Yi, but she would never reject a customer’s request. The second He Jichen made his request, the attendant held a perfect smile, gave a gentle nod and said, “yes” before she entered Ji Yi’s room.
The hotel attendant first walked past the counter and cleared out the trash can beside it, then she was about to go into the bathroom to clear out the trash in there too. All of a sudden, He Jichen cried, “Not that. These!”
As he said that, He Jichen took two big strides over to the pile of nutritional tonics and raised his chin up towards them for the attendant to see.
This… This is trash? Those were obviously unopened, high-quality nutritional products… The attendant’s eyes shot wide open as she stared at He Jichen in disbelief.
Ji Yi and Qian Ge were equally startled as they stood still at the door.
The more the hotel attendant thought about it, the more she questioned if she heard him correctly. “Sir, you would like me to throw out these nutritional tonics?” asked the attendant for clarification.
“Nutritional tonics?” He Jichen sounded as though he heard something really funny. A mocking smile surfaced from his lips as he mercilessly said, “The things that a trash person brought could only be trash!”
Qian Ge brought those nutritional tonics. He Jichen’s words were obviously covertly mocking Qian Ge… Ji Yi instinctively looked back and glanced over at Qian Ge who was standing outside the door.
Her face was filled with embarrassment and she pursed her lips tightly as though she was trying hard to stay calm and not lose her cool.
Seeing as the attendant was just frozen on the spot, He Jichen twitched his handsome brows and said impatiently, “Hustle! Quickly take out this trash. It makes me sick just looking at them!”
The attendant quickly put down the rubbish bag in her hands and walked over to the pile of nutritional tonics. She crouched down and started to tidy up.
Because of the pain in her waist, Ji Yi was leaning against the wall by the door. When she heard the rustling sounds of the attendant tidying up, she couldn’t help but turn around and rush into the room. She first shot two glances at the attendant then her gaze fell onto He Jichen, who was standing to one side.
The man stared at the busy attendant with the same chilling, arrogant air. The impatience on his face seemed to have completely disappeared after watching her clean up.
Just a glance at He Jichen made Ji Yi’s heart flustered.
Chapter 263: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (3)
In this very moment, it wasn’t important whether or not he overheard her conversation with Qian Ge. What’s important was that after hearing what Qian Ge said, not only was he unfazed by her, but he even stood up and helped her slap Qian Ge on the face!
It wasn’t like she hadn’t heard how awful his words could be. In the past, she hated him to no end for what he said to her, but she never imagined that he would protect her with his cruel words!
Ji Yi clearly felt her heart rate speed up: Boom, boom, boom.
She stared intently at He Jichen.
The attendant moved swiftly as she quickly tidied up all the nutritional tonics and held the bags in her hands.
Just as she cried, “Goodbye Sir, Miss,” and before she could even turn to leave, He Jichen suddenly cried, “Wait!”
The attendant stopped what she was doing and looked over at He Jichen. “Sir, is there anything else you would like me to help you with?”
He Jichen drearily turned around and glanced over at Ji Yi’s bed at a specific point on the bed for a few seconds. He raised his fingers and pointed twice at the bed. “Change the bed sheets too. Trash touched it just now. It’s dirty!”
When Ji Yi heard this, she suddenly realized that the spot He Jichen stared at was the same spot where Qian Ge sat…
So, He Jichen was standing outside the hotel room at that time?
Which goes to say that he actually did hear that I was the one who put the blade in there?
He knows the truth, so why’s he helping me fight against Qian Ge?
Ji Yi’s heart was already confused, but it instantly became a complete mess.
After the attendant heard what He Jichen said, she first carried the nutritional tonics out of the room and put them in the corridor. Then she swiftly tore off the bedsheets.
She grabbed the bedsheets, planning to leave to fetch new ones and return to change it. As she reached the door, He Jichen looked as though he remembered something and said, “Also, the rug in the room. Change that too. The TRASH stepped on it!”
As He Jichen said this, he started to think back to where Qian Ge sat. Then he pointed at the floorboard outside the door and said, “… The trash also walked on that part of the ground. Later, scrub it carefully for me…”
After a pause, He Jichen added, “…Oh no, scrub it with disinfectant to save you from the leftover virus carried by the TRASH!”
It was enough for He Jichen to repeatedly describe Qian Ge as trash, but ordering the attendant so brazenly around Ji Yi’s room made Qian Ge out to be some kind of hideous creature!
Standing at the door, Qian Ge’s little face flushed and turned pale white. She bit down hard on her bottom lip as her eyes turned red. She couldn’t hold it in and she cried, “Director He…”
When He Jichen heard her speak, his eyes glanced over and saw her face looking as though she was about to cry. There wasn’t any hint of tenderness on his face, nor was there the slightest hint of giving up. As He Jichen racked his brain over what he might’ve missed, he ordered the attendant, “…Also, send someone to bring up an air purifier. Clean the air from the TRASH that was in the room!”
Tears started to pour from Qian Ge’s eyes, perhaps because she felt so embarrassed.
He Jichen continued to add, as though on purpose, “…The door too. Trash knocked on it, so wipe it over once with disinfectant! No, ten times, to save the guest in the room from getting her hand dirty!”
Chapter 264: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (4)
The attendant was probably startled by He Jichen’s successive orders as she stood there hugging the bed sheets. As she stared at He Jichen in a daze for a couple seconds, she replied with a “yes,” and scurried out of Ji Yi’s room.
Not long after, the attendant came running back with fresh sheets and two other attendants behind her.
The attendants had probably worked in the hotel for a long time now because as soon as they entered the room, it took just over ten short minutes to respectively finish their tasks; one changed the bed sheets, another changed the rug, and the other cleaned the floor with disinfectant. The entire room was like new.
Just as the attendants were about to leave, He Jichen asked the first attendant to stop and wait by the side. He Jichen walked over the shining floorboards to the door and stopped in front of Qian Ge.
The brows of the man who had been calm all this time instantly grew stern as he said with a menacingly quiet voice: “It’s not up to you to say whether she’s a qualified actress or not! Don’t think that I have no idea about the little games you’ve been playing behind the scenes. You were the one who forced her to take such dramatic actions today!”
“I’m warning you! You better watch yourself! If there’s ever a next time, I won’t speak as nicely to you as I’ve done today!”
Qian Ge gently shuddered as a string of tears streamed down her face and flowed down.
She knew that the man in front of her definitely did this on purpose and he knew it! The most regretful experience of her life was being scolded in front of Ji Yi, and he deliberately wanted her to never get her way!
It was her mistake to think that he would be mad at Ji Yi instead and she’d get the chance to watch her get embarrassed after He Jichen overheard their conversation. She never thought this man could see through her trap!
Even if she was looking for trouble, she couldn’t let Ji Yi have it so easy!
At that thought, Qian Ge gritted her teeth even harder and stared fiercely at Ji Yi. Then she took a step forward, drew closer to He Jichen’s ear and whispered, “For you to protect her like that – isn’t it painful for you deep down? Three years ago when she was in a coma from the car accident, you threw away your whole life for her. You cared so much about her safety, but what about her? She took what you cared most about and turned it into a weapon to scheme against me. She even tricked you after you panicked on set…”
Ji Yi hadn’t heard what Qian Ge said, but she knew Qian Ge must’ve said something awful because she saw He Jichen’s fingertips silently clench into fists after hearing her words.
His fists trembled slightly as though he was heavily suppressing his feelings inside.
Just when Ji Yi thought He Jichen would burst into anger, he miraculously calmed down. Then, as though avoiding something dirty, he took a step back and put some distance between him and Qian Ge. With the same arrogant, patronizing voice, he said, “Didn’t you just say you wanted Ji Yi to give you an explanation?”
She thought I didn’t see through her little scheme?
She wanted to use me to mock Ji Yi? Are you kidding me? No matter how angry I get, I would never let her get her way!
At that thought, He Jichen spoke again with a tone that implied Qian Ge had overestimated her abilities. “Let me tell you this… As long as I, He Jichen live, she, Ji Yi, doesn’t need to give you any explanations!”
Chapter 265: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (5)
Ji Yi wasn’t stupid. When she realized He Jichen was still treating Qian Ge so horribly after finding out the truth, she knew he was protecting her!
However, after she heard him say such protective words so arrogantly to Qian Ge, the blood in her body couldn’t help but boil.
In that case, if He Jichen helped her when she was bullied by Lin Zhengyi because of He Yuguang, then what about what happened today? He Yuguang wasn’t aware of what was happening but He Jichen still did what he did.
He was, in some ways, still like the boy he’d been at Sucheng Yizhong – wherever he went, people politely called him “Chen Ge.” If she simply furrowed her brows, He Jichen would start swinging his fists at anybody who troubled her.
Ji Yi stared at He Jichen and fell into a daze.
“Also, didn’t you ask whether I overheard your conversation?” asked He Jichen with the same heartless tone of voice.
“Yes. I heard everything without missing a single word. But so what?”
As He Jichen said that, his body shifted into a domineering pose and his voice sounded arrogant as he continued, “In my world, there is no justice. She’s right and you are wrong!”
“Won’t you let me have justice? Everything I just did was to serve justice to you! Now that things are clear, can you get out of here?”
Even if Qian Ge tried to keep her cool, when she heard He Jichen blurt the words “get out,” her face turned pale white.
Qian Ge held her tears back as she stared at He Jichen for some time. Her lips twitched like she was going to say something, but she suddenly burst into tears with large drops crashing down.
She swiftly raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face. She ended up saying nothing as she turned her heels around like she couldn’t stand to stay any longer. Then she hurriedly walked over to the elevator.
Ji Yi thought that the matter was over, but she never imagined that the second after Qian Ge left, He Jichen would cruelly call the attendant again. “You, clean this part of the ground by the door. Remember, use disinfectant!”
Ji Yi clearly saw Qian Ge stumble and almost fall over after He Jichen said that. Her steps then turned into a run.
The attendant replied to He Jichen with a “yes,” then walked over to the corridor with disinfectant and a rag.
He Jichen didn’t bother to watch over the attendant. He retreated into the room, raised his hand and slowly closed the door.
As the door shut with a “Kacha!”, Ji Yi suddenly snapped back to her senses after everything that just happened. She instinctively looked up at He Jichen standing by her side.
The man looked drearily frightening. As though he knew Ji Yi was watching him, he slowly withdrew his hand from the door and nonchalantly turned around to face Ji Yi.
His eyes didn’t look as calm as before, and there were infinite emotions swimming around like he was going to explode at any time.
Looking like this, he was way more frightening and angrier than he was with Qian Ge just now.
Ji Yi’s heart raced like crazy. As she leaned against the wall, she couldn’t help but cling to it for support.
It seemed like her subtle gesture alarmed him as he squinted and immediately said, “Ji Yi, is there a hole in your head?!”
Chapter 266: There’s No Justice. Only She’s Right and You’re Wrong. (6)
His earlier demeanor was frightening enough for her, but this roar made Ji Yi’s entire body shiver. She instinctively pulled her head back.
She had enough experience to know just how scary he could be when he was angry, so she didn’t dare to look up at him. She held her breath, clung to the wall, and stealthily shifted to one side. She wanted to quickly head to the bathroom and shut the door to distance herself from He Jichen.
He Jichen was staring firmly at Ji Yi without flinching, so the moment she moved, he quickly reached his arm out and pulled her to him by the wrist. Because she just tried to escape, his voice sounded increasingly bone-chilling as he said, “…to actually do something this moronic!”
Ji Yi had no idea just how broken his heart felt when the assistant director told him she was hurt.
When he got to set and saw her in a pool of blood, he was about to go crazy!
He had experienced this feeling two times in his entire life. The first time was three years ago when he learned she got into a car accident. He rushed over to Beijing all the way from Sucheng, and when he saw her unconscious with tubes all over her body, his legs almost gave way and fell to the ground under everyone’s watchful eyes!
The second time was today on set. He tried hard to stop himself from losing it in front of everyone, but they had no idea about the torture and misery he was in.
He even started to question if it was a mistake to have Ji Yi and Qian Ge on the same crew. Should I replace Qian Ge…
But in the end?
Ji Yi was the one who actually hid the blade there just to retaliate against Qian Ge!
That piece of sh*t, unworthy of being trash. She even had to risk her life and disregard everything to hurt herself just for revenge?
The wound wasn’t particularly deep nor fatal, and she only needed stitches to stop the bleeding, but… but if the blade was any deeper, it would’ve cut her organs…
The more He Jichen thought about it, the more scared and angry he felt in his heart. Even his voice started to sound increasingly stern and harsh as he said, “Did you feel especially proud when you got away with it? Especially dignified? From what I saw, you’re basically dumb as hell! Not only are you dumb but you’re irresponsible! You turned the set into a place to fight and scheme against others. You’re practically unfit to be an actress!”
Ji Yi had to admit that what she did wasn’t brilliant, but her hand was forced. Having been pushed into a corner, the only path she could take was to injure herself out of desperation.
Did he think I wanted to go to such extreme measures? I had no other way…
As He Jichen berated Ji Yi to nothing, a feeling of being wronged entered her heart, and she instinctively bit her bottom lip.
“With your IQ and accomplishments, do you still want to work in the entertainment industry? I advise that you pack up your things and leave before it’s too late!” As He Jichen spoke, he couldn’t help but tighten his grip on Ji Yi’s wrist.
Ji Yi was in so much pain that she couldn’t help but let out a soft yelp.
“Does it hurt?” Not only did He Jichen’s fingers not let go, but he tightened them even more. “You still feel pain? If you do, why would you do something so stupid? With your skills, you still wanted to fight with trash. Did you think you could beat trash?”
He was truly angry… so angry that she hadn’t cared about her own safety to this degree!
She was the woman he truly loved and sincerely protected. Even if her pain was self-inflicted, he couldn’t forgive it!
In the end, because of how scared He Jichen was after the incident, he said with a trembling voice, “Luckily for you, it wasn’t too serious of an injury. Did you even think about the consequences if something more serious happened to you?!”